From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

When it was Su Muyu's turn to upgrade her skills, after a brief discussion, they decided to upgrade [Media Control].

Just as Lu Heng had predicted, this skill was indeed of the spatial type, and after being upgraded to S-rank, it became [Spatial Control].

Space itself is a medium. After this skill is upgraded to S-level, it can control the space within a range of one hundred meters.

The skill's power is not particularly outstanding because the control intensity is not high enough to distort space.

However, this skill allows other abilities to be displayed in any spatial location within a 100-meter range.

It can also slightly alter spatial continuity.

Simply put, it means temporarily separating a certain area of ​​space from the original world space.

This means that when a bullet is fired, it may enter from one side and exit from the other side without passing through the middle area when it passes through the [Spatial Control] area.

In addition, [Spatial Control] allows other skills to penetrate any area where space exists.

For example, creatures hiding in the void are normally undetectable, but with the help of [Spatial Control] combined with perception skills, they have nowhere to hide.

It can penetrate any area where space exists.

Xie Shi'en upgraded an A-level mental skill to an S-level [Energy Focus], which, when combined with the fifth-tier job [Corona Wizard], can increase the power of the Corona by more than 30%.

……

Finally, Lu Heng absorbed the skill [Source Energy Sublimation], increasing the power of all skills that consume source energy by 30%.

This means that the power of all seven skills—[Thunder Field], [Divine Clone], [Wind Lord's Power], [Time Freeze], [Damage Reversal], [Divine Armor], and [Soul Seal]—has increased by one level.

When upgrading his skills, Lu Heng chose to upgrade [Thunder Field].

This skill reached A-level a long time ago, and its proficiency was also maxed out long ago, but I haven't had enough divine energy to upgrade it.

Having returned from the world of Bloodborne Demons, I have finally accumulated enough divine energy and chosen to upgrade.

More than ten minutes later, the energy cluster, which had been fused with divine energy, reassembled and upgraded into an S-level skill.

[Lightning Tribulation Domain]

Skill Level: S

[Skill Cost: 200 Source Energy]

[Skill Range: 100 meters in diameter]

[Duration: 180 seconds]

[Skill Effect 1: Summons the power of lightning, weaving a field of lightning bolts around the target area, pulling all targets within a 100-meter radius to the center of the lightning field. The field continuously unleashes lightning strikes, bombarding targets within and dealing X lightning damage, inflicting a paralysis effect. Lightning damage = 10 × Spirit Power/second.]

[Skill Effect 2: The caster gains the Lightning Tribulation Form, lasting 10 minutes, with their entire body covered in lightning. Each attack inflicts Lightning Slash damage. Lightning Slash damage = 10 × Spirit Power.]

[Skill Effect 3: The Thunder Tribulation Domain can alter cloud cover, creating thunderstorms. Targets soaked by rain are more susceptible to lightning damage, with damage increased by 30%.]

After completing the skill upgrade, Lu Heng took the opportunity to check the attribute panel.

[Name: Lu Heng]

[Level: Level 58]

[Qi and Blood: 2100/2110]

[Source energy: 1900/2150]

【属性：力量210、敏捷270、体质211、精神215、感知208】

[Talents: Agile as a Dragon, Divine Evolution, Demon Hunter, Godslayer - Demigod]

[Combat Class: Astral Sword Saint (Fifth Job Advancement)]

[Elemental Abilities: Shadow Walk, Rift Slash, Void Flash, Divine Judgment, Evil Judgment, Astral Travel, Path of the Sword Saint]

Number of skill slots: 8

[Skills: Thunder Tribulation Domain S, Divine Avatar S, Wind Lord's Power S, Time Freeze S, Damage Reversal A, Source Energy Sublimation S, Divine Source Armor S, Soul Seal S]

[Martial Arts: Wind Dragon's Breath Slash LV5, Soaring Dragon's Sky Hunt LV3, Spatial Combo Slash - Modified LV2]

……

With the team's overall strength improved, it was time to assemble.

The team of four set off for Longwei. When they arrived, all the recruits they had gathered were already there.

Twenty-three superhumans stood in the Dragon Might Assembly Hall.

Eighteen of them, judging from their clothing and posture, were from the military, including elite members of the Longwei Army such as Jian Qing, Liu Haiyang, and Jiang Shaoran.

In other words, the conscription order issued by the war zone only brought together five superhumans.

As Lu Heng entered, Jian Qing came over and quickly explained the assembly situation:

"The summons was supposed to contact ten ability users, but five of them did not come to the assembly."

“They are a team, and we have communicated enough. They said they would cooperate after entering the Abyss Battlefield, but they will obey orders but not direct commands.”

Lu Heng and Jian Qing exchanged a glance, finding it somewhat amusing.

In fact, the purpose of the summons issued by the Southern District was simply to find out which ability users were being summoned before entering the Abyss Battlefield, so as to analyze the information of the Abyss Battlefield.

It would be best if the recruits gathered were willing to follow orders, but important tasks would definitely be assigned to soldiers from the military, and would generally not be given to individual ability users.

The same applies this time. The reason Lu Heng had the war zone issue a mobilization order was simply to gather these people together and then coordinate their actions.

As for the claim that they would obey orders but not proclamations, Lu Heng didn't expect these people to follow his commands to their deaths.

Lu Heng then asked, "Have you sent them all the information about the Shadow Demon world?"

Jian Qing nodded and replied, "The necessary information has been sent out. The action plan was not mentioned, but our own soldiers know part of the plan. You will arrange the specific actions after we get there."

Jian Qing had already said everything that needed to be said, so Lu Heng didn't say anything more. He waved to everyone and then waited for the teleportation.

All the soldiers who came from the military had written their wills and handed them over to Wu Weibing, the deputy regimental commander of Longwei, for safekeeping.

This is an essential procedure for every soldier in the military who is drafted. If they return alive, their will will be returned to them; if they do not return, it will be sent to their relatives.

In fact, soldiers in all military units do this when carrying out dangerous missions.

……

The countdown has reached its final moments.

Wu Weibing, along with his support team, stood at attention and saluted at the last moment, their leather shoes making a uniform "clack-clack" sound.

The conscripted warriors in the hall were simultaneously teleported away and disappeared from their original positions.

Lu Heng closed his eyes and waited for a moment before the information about the Abyss Battlefield appeared before him.

[Teleport to the Abyss World: Shadow Demon World - Nebula City]

[World Introduction: On the edge of the universe, countless meteorite remnants have been coalesced by shadow energy, forming the eerie "Nebula City." The surface of obsidian-like asteroids is covered with Nebula City, and neon-like shadow energy floats above it, outlining the unique energy rivers of the Shadow Demon's territory.]

Surrounding the Nebula City, a dozen asteroids orbit like loyal guardians, forming satellite cities of varying styles. These satellite cities have been built as fortresses, housing the powerful defenses of the Shadow Demons and their elite demons.

[Danger Level: 10]

[Battlefield Mode: Survival Mode] [Main Mission]

[1. Investigate the secret plans of the Shadow Demon's most powerful system ruler, Demon King Tuss.]

2. Escape the defensive perimeter of the Nebula City satellite city fortress.

[3. Survive in the Shadowfiend world for 30 days.]

[Challenge Mission]

[1. Kill 10 high-level Shadow Demons.]

2. Destroy a Shadow Fiend satellite city fortress.

3. Locate the Abyss Energy Center within Nebula City and prevent it from channeling Abyss Energy into other worlds.

[Teleportation complete. Loading Shadow Mage terminology.]

……

After reviewing the mission information, the situation was roughly as expected.

The danger level indeed reached level 10, a level we had never encountered before.

However, with its current strength, humanity is not capable of dealing with the Abyss Battlefield, which is at level 10 in danger.

To balance the danger levels, the Will of Recruitment has been balanced in the Abyss Battlefield mode.

Battlefield mode is [Survival mode].

This means that all the recruits need to do is survive.

After the teleportation ended, the light in front of me did not return to a very high intensity, but I could see twinkling starlight in the distance.

Immediately after the teleportation ended, multiple energy fluctuations appeared all around.

The perceiver uses their perception skills to assess the surrounding environment, while the defender deploys an energy shield and prepares for action.

Lu Heng looked around and saw that his teammates were all nearby, as were the other warriors who had been teleported from the Dragon Might Base.

Apart from a few scattered superhumans, the rest of the warriors naturally formed a circle.

The defenders and main warriors stood in the outer circle, surrounding the sensory users, support users, and mental users in the middle.

Su Muyu had already released the Azure Phoenix to survey the surrounding environment, reporting back as she went:
"We are on an asteroid, which is about three kilometers in diameter and has an irregular shape. The gravity is very weak, but we can breathe oxygen."

That's right, you can indeed breathe oxygen.

I have been able to breathe normally ever since the teleportation ended.

Su Muyu then added, "The asteroid we are on is surrounded by an energy shield, which contains oxygen, but the oxygen concentration is slowly decreasing."

Lu Heng was not surprised to see this situation.

This is considered the adaptation period after the summoner's teleportation ends. After the oxygen in the energy shield is depleted, the summoner will need to face the environment of the Abyss Battlefield alone.

Surviving in space without oxygen is also part of the "survival mode".

Lin Zeyu gently pushed off the ground, and his whole body was lifted into the air.

Because the asteroid's gravity is very small, almost negligible, it floated straight into outer space after taking off.

"Fuck!"

He muttered a complaint, then quickly swung out his grappling hook, grabbed the ground, and pulled himself back.

The superhumans who can be recruited here are all of high combat strength, and most of them have the ability to fly. Even if they don't have the ability to fly for a long time, they can still move their positions briefly.

Lu Heng asked, "How many recruits are there around?"

"Three hundred," Su Muyu and another observer from the war zone answered simultaneously.

Su Muyu added, "There are 292 visible to the naked eye, and eight of them used different concealment methods."

It's quite normal to use stealth skills immediately after teleporting.

After all, there's a possibility of being teleported to a dangerous area.

However, the area teleported to by the Abyss Battlefield this time was not dangerous; in fact, three hundred recruits appeared on the same asteroid.

Lu Heng then asked, "What about the distribution areas of the recruits?"

Su Muyu quickly said, "The recruitment scale may be more than three hundred people. Most of the recruits I saw were Asian."

Upon hearing this answer, Lu Heng already knew what it meant. He let out a breath and said:
"That's pretty much it, a battle of a thousand people."

Upon hearing this, everyone around gasped.

Jian Qing asked doubtfully, "Are you sure? The Abyss Battlefield archives in the war zone records have never shown such a large-scale mobilization."

Lu Heng nodded in affirmation, "With a recruitment scale of this scale, it's impossible to recruit only from one region. We must recruit ability users from all regions of Blue Star to gather so many people."

“But the vast majority of people here are Asian, which means there are other recruits elsewhere.”

A battle involving a thousand people—even in my reborn memories, I had only heard of such things; I had never witnessed it firsthand.

Under normal circumstances, the recruitment scale of the Abyss Battlefield will not be very large.

Because most of the conscription is to send people to the Allied World to help the main civilization of the Allied World fight against the Abyss.

In other words, the main force fighting against the Abyss is actually the main civilization of the target world, not the Conscripts.

Conscripts play a crucial role in influencing the battlefield situation, but this role is not achieved through sheer numbers.

Under what circumstances would a large-scale mobilization occur?

The answer is simple: offensive drafting is usually on a larger scale.

Because offensive conscription involves conscripting people to the world of the Abyss Demons, and the target world may not have any allied races.

This means that the recruits need to fight the abyssal demons on their own, and if there are too few recruits, there is simply no way to fight them.

Since the probability of an offensive draft is already low, the probability of an offensive draft with such a high danger level is even lower.

Therefore, Lu Heng had never seen such a large-scale recruitment before. Before his rebirth, he had only heard of it and did not even know if it was true or not.

To date, the largest conscription recorded in the Abyss Battlefield archives of various countries is no more than three hundred people.

It is conceivable that if this Abyss Battlefield is a battle involving thousands of people, its danger level will only be more terrifying than expected.

Su Muyu checked the mission information again and whispered in Lu Heng's ear, "Does the fact that there are no challenge missions to clear out traitors mean that there are no traitors among the recruits?"

Lu Heng shook his head and replied, "Not necessarily. Not every time a traitor appears, there will be a task to eliminate the traitor."

Su Muyu frowned and asked, "If that's the case, with such a large-scale recruitment, isn't the possibility of traitors appearing very high?"

Lu Heng affirmed, "Yes, so we must arrange our subsequent actions according to the scenario of a traitor."

Jian Qing joined the conversation, asking, "What should we do now? The scale of the recruitment is much larger than we originally anticipated."

Lu Heng considered for a moment and said, "Mu Yu, first use the Azure Phoenix Divine Bird broadcast to ask all the teams here to send people over to discuss this, and then try to contact the recruiters in other teleportation areas." (End of this chapter)